Chapter 464

Gao Ding on the city wall was dumbfounded and cursed loudly,

"All traitors!"

"I didn't see you fighting this hard before!"

Many of the defending soldiers were related to the attacking soldiers, and many were conscripted, lacking training, and their morale was extremely low!

"Look quickly, that is General E Huan; he also surrendered to Xuande Gong!"

"I heard E Huan was defeated by Xuande Gong in one move, so naturally he is convinced!"

"Only one move? I can't even take three moves from General E Huan? Then how powerful is Xuande Gong? We might as well stop fighting!"

As everyone discussed, the morale dropped even lower!

Gao Ding killed two defending soldiers who wanted to run away, but still couldn't stop the decline!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The Trap Camp was already firing crossbows at the foot of the wall,

and after dozens were shot, no one dared to look up anymore, and they could only hide behind the battlements and shiver!

Gao Ding didn't dare to poke his head out either. After a while, he was suddenly startled,

"Not good!"

He looked up and saw that quite a few soldiers had already climbed onto the city wall!

Zhang Fei shouted loudly,

"Where is Gao Ding! Zhang Fei of Yan is here!"

Gao Ding was furious,

"Brothers, kill that barbarian for me!"

Zhang Fei was also furious. He was actually called a barbarian by Gao Ding; did he not want face?

"Give me your life!"

The two fought together. After five moves, Gao Ding screamed and was kicked to the ground by Zhang Fei!

"Tie him up!"

The North Gate was broken!

Hearing that Gao Ding had been captured, the other defending troops knelt down and surrendered one after another!

Liu Bei hadn't expected this Gao Ding to be this useless; the city was broken in about an hour!

Gao Ding was brought before Liu Bei by Zhang Fei,

"Big brother, I finally captured a main general this time!"

Gao Ding was also very straightforward, kneeling on one knee,

"Xuande Gong is brave and skilled in battle; I am willing to surrender!"

Liu Bei sneered,

"Gao Ding, I have given you many opportunities. If you had surrendered this morning, I might have accepted it, but now?"

"Push him out and behead him to show the public!"

Gao Ding was terrified,

"Xuande Gong, spare my life!"

Soon, Gao Ding's head was cut off!

Liu Bei smiled, "Everyone, follow me into the city!"

Zhang Fei, as the vanguard of the city-breaking force, could have been assigned three of E Huan's wives and concubines, but when he looked, he shook his head and gave them all to E Huan!

This made E Huan very happy.

Liu Bei didn't see them, but even Zhang Fei didn't like them, so one could imagine.

Liu Bei reorganized his troops in Xichang, not including Wu Yi's troops, reaching over twenty-five thousand men.

He had Zhang Yi stay to guard Xichang City and garrison Yuexi Commandery, while also recruiting elite Yi soldiers to prepare for any unexpected needs!

He personally led over twenty thousand men, joined with Wu Yi, and continued south, with his target pointing directly at Jianning Commandery, where Yong Kai was entrenched!

At the Yizhou Governor's Mansion,

Liu Zhang hadn't yet digested the news of Liu Bei defeating the joint army of Gao Ding and Yong Kai,

when good news came again,

"My lord, Gao Ding refused to surrender and held Xichang City firmly. Liu Bei led his troops to attack Xichang City and broke it in half a day!"

"Gao Ding was beheaded to show the public, and his subordinate generals surrendered."

"Liu Bei obtained the wealth and supplies Gao Ding had accumulated over many years, and also obtained twenty thousand barbarian soldiers. Taking their elites, his own main troops have now reached twenty-five thousand!"

Liu Zhang was shocked. He knew Liu Bei was good at fighting, but he didn't know Liu Bei was this good at fighting!

"This, this"

Wang Lei cupped his hands,

"My lord, you cannot fail to guard against this. Liu Bei's expedition against Nanzhong is equivalent to occupying one-third of Yizhou!"

Liu Zhang also felt the threat; he had to do something too.

Wang Lei cupped his hands again and said,

"My lord, the rebels in Nanzhong are not worth a single blow. Why don't you personally lead an expedition against Zhu Bao in Zangke (the area west of Guizhou) to display your military might!"

Liu Zhang's eyes lit up. Yes, since these rebels were so easy to beat, he could also let the people of Yizhou see how well he could fight.

Zhang Song did not speak out in opposition. He knew how much Liu Zhang was worth; Zhu Bao was not that easy to beat either.

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Liu Zhang stood up tall,

"Everyone, in ten days, I will personally lead a great army of fifty thousand to launch an expedition against Zhu Bao!"

"My lord is majestic!"

Yong Kai fled back to Jianning Commandery (also known as Yizhou Commandery), only to find that Xuanwei County was occupied by the Supervisor Li Hui and others leading troops.

He was furious and led troops to attack, but failed!

Hearing that Liu Bei had broken Xichang City and beheaded Gao Ding, he hurriedly took his soldiers and family members and fled west toward the Yongchang area to seek refuge with the Barbarian King Meng Huo!

Liu Bei was unimpeded all the way and led his army to arrive at Xuanwei County.

Li Hui and Deng Zhi came ten miles out of the city to welcome them!

"Li Hui of Jianning pays his respects to Xuande Gong!"

Liu Bei praised,

"De'ang, you raised troops this time to control Xuanwei County, block Yong Kai, and guard Jianning Commandery; you have rendered great service! I intend to recommend you as the Administrator of Jianning Commandery; what do you think?"

Li Hui was overjoyed and hurriedly cupped his hands,

"Thank you, my lord!"

He had long had the intention of surrendering to Liu Bei. Liu Zhang was weak and feeble and couldn't protect the safety of Jianning Commandery at all.

Li Hui represented the interests of the gentry in Jianning Commandery. Liu Bei appointing him as the Administrator of Jianning Commandery meant he wouldn't let outsiders infringe on their interests, so he was naturally happy.

Hearing Li Hui call him "my lord", Liu Bei nodded, encouraged him a few words, and led the crowd into the city.

Liu Bei had a few more banquets with the gentry of Jianning Commandery, and everyone submitted one after another!

Wu Yi was also very impressed. In a short time, Liu Bei had already recovered nearly two commanderies, not only without suffering losses in troops, but instead increasing his troops to thirty thousand, and gaining several more capable generals!

At the Li residence,

Li Hui introduced the situation in Nanzhong to Liu Bei,

"My lord, Meng Huo is the head of the Meng family, a great clan of Nanzhong, and has now been elected as the Barbarian King by many barbarian leaders."

"They are entrenched in Yongchang Commandery and Jianning Commandery, with a large number of people. Added to Yong Kai's 607 twenty thousand, they have over one hundred and thirty thousand troops."

Liu Bei didn't take it seriously and smiled,

"Introduce the situation in the local area."

Li Hui pointed at the map,

"My lord, everyone, although Yongchang Commandery and Jianning Commandery are located on the southwestern border, they are rich in products, and the grain is harvested three times a year."

"There are also specialties such as warhorses, gemstones, iron ore, and ivory. Commerce is extremely developed, and the total population of the two commanderies exceeds two million, not including the population hiding in the deep mountains."

Everyone gasped!

They hadn't expected that the border region would have such a large population. One had to know that the entire Yizhou only had a population of over six million.

Guo Jia's eyes lit up. By controlling the Nanzhong region, his lord had already obtained one-third of the population of Yizhou, and these barbarian soldiers had good individual combat effectiveness, making them excellent soldiers. Through training, they would definitely be elite troops.